Representing the first substantial English-language text on Industrial Archaeology in a decade, this handbook comes at a time when the global impact of industrialization is being re-assessed in terms of its legacy of climate change, mechanization, urbanization, the forced migration of peoples, and labour relations. Critical debates around the beginning of a new geological era - The Anthropocene - have emerged over the last decade. This approach interrogates the widespread exploitation of natural resources that forged industrialization from its early emergence in 18th century northern Europe to its contemporary ubiquity, environmental impacts, and social legacy within our globalized world.
Through a broad international and multi-period set of chapters, this volume explores the complex origins, processes, and development of industrialization through both its physical remains and human consequences - both the good and the bad. It provides a diverse material framework for understanding our modern world, from its industrial origins through its future paths in the 21st century.
Author(s): Eleanor Casella, Michael Nevell, Hanna Steyne
Series: Oxford Handbooks
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 765
City: Oxford
Cover
The Oxford Handbook of Industrial Archaeology
Copyright
Preface
Acknowledgements
Contents
List of Figures
List of Contributors
1. Introduction: The Past Made Public
2. Water Power
3. The Gas Industry
4. An Archaeology of Nuclear Power: Monuments of the Atomic Age
5. Slate Production
6. The Archaeology of the British Coal Industry
7. Gold Rush Archaeology: Gold and Silver Mining Around the Pacific Rim
8. Non-ferrous Metal Mining and Processing in Industrial Britain
9. Enclosure: A Living Historical Process
10. Australian Colonial Land Settlement
11. Timber
12. Textiles: Cotton
13. The Linen and Wool Industries in Britain and Ireland
14. Maritime Industry: Whaling
15. ‘A Fruit of the Art of Fire’: The Glass Industry in Britain
16. Food Processing
17. Mechanical Engineering and the Integrated Engineering Works
18. Ceramic Production
19. British Car Factories since 1896: An Industrial Archaeology Site Type Survey Case Study
20. The Archaeology of the Iron and Steel Industries in Britain
21. Butte and Anaconda, Montana: Industrial Waste as Industrial Heritage
22. Roads and Bridges
23. Railways
24. Canals and Inland Waterways
25. Ports and Shipping
26. Global Communications, 1561 to 2016
27. Warehouses c.1770 to 1914
28. Ceramics and Pottery: The Enduring Appeal of the Willow Pattern Print
29. Food Storage
30. Commodities and Consumption
31. Industrial Workers’ Housing in Britain
32. Churches and Chapels
33. The Industrial Archaeology of the Burial Landscape
34. A Celebration of Growth, Independence, and Worth: Symbolism and Functionality in Swimming Pools for Developing Industrial Communities
35. Mechanics’ Institutes in Britain and Ireland
36. Bars, Public Houses, and Saloons
37. Temperance
38. Social Welfare Institutions
39. Industrialized Conflict
40. The Cold War: Archaeologies of Protest and Opposition
41. They Were Here Too: Women and Children in Industrial Communities
42. The Social Life of Coal Mining
43. Conclusion: Industrial Archaeology: Past, Present, and Future
Index
